[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] President Barack Obama delivered a statement to the nation at 9 p.m. EDT Monday to discuss the political stalemate over cutting the country’s deficit and raising
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Good evening. I’m John Boehner. I serve as Speaker of the whole House — of the members of both parties that you elect. These are difficult
The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday will release a list of 3,653 post offices that could be shut down. These locations will be studied for possible closure, according to U.S.
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch is crossing party lines to endorse a Republican candidate for Congress, citing what he called President Barack Obama’s “hostility” towards Israel. “President Obama
The new lawyer for the man accused of killing and dismembering an eight-year-old Brooklyn boy talked to reporters for the first time Tuesday. Attorney Jennifer McCann joined the defense team
President Obama, who is locked in a stalemate with House Republicans over the debt ceiling, is taking his case directly to the public Monday night. White House press secretary Jay
It took three days for the Leiby Kletzky Memorial Fund to reach $100K in donations. Just two days later, the amount of the fund, the number of condolence messages to
Opponents to New York’s same-gender marriage law filed the first lawsuit challenging the measure, an anticipated salvo that came one day after weddings were celebrated around the state. A representative
The FBI in New Jersey is launching a campaign urging the public to report health care fraud — and if it helps generate tips, plans are to expand it nationwide.
The suspect in the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II has acknowledged carrying out the mass shooting and bombing, and claims to have worked with two other cells,
Today the IDF and Israel Police thwarted an attempt by two Palestinians to smuggle weapons from Jordan to the West Bank. A rubber-inflated boat carrying ten AK-47s, ten matching magazines
A former New Jersey prisoner’s demand for kosher food has triggered a debate over “who is a Jew.” At issue: Must a prisoner prove that he is Jewish in order
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver urged Gov. Cuomo to sign a bill allowing livery cars to pick up street hails in the outer boroughs. Silver said the proposal would lead to
On the first day of the marriage equality law, New York City wed a record 659 couples. 484 were married by State Court Judges who volunteered their time to be
Authorities have given the all-clear at an American Airlines terminal that was shut down at John F. Kennedy Airport because of a suspicious bag. A law enforcement source said the
Two teenagers badly mauled by a bear while on a survival skills course in the Alaskan wilderness were Sunday in a hospital in Anchorage with “serious, life-threatening injuries,” the Alaska
With his self-imposed deadline for releasing a deficit plan before overseas markets open just a few hours away, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said both sides were “not there yet”
Words of thanks from the father of Leiby Kletzky. Rabbi Nachman Kletzky appeared on WMCA radio Saturday night making his first public comments since his 8-year-old son’s funeral. He expressed
The traveling public could unwittingly play a role in closing the budget deficit, as lawmakers weigh whether to hike airline fees as part of a deal to raise the debt
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